Today in History
by The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Jan. 14, the 14th day of 2026. There are 351 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 14, 2013, cyclist Lance Armstrong ended a decade of denial by confessing to…
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All Things Oregon – Horsin’ Around
By Christy Solo We’ll be horsin’ around in this week’s All Things! Oregon may be known for our llama population, but we have no shortage of horses either! Did you know that Oregon is home to about 4,000 wild horses?…
Crawlies with Cri – Salt-and-Pepper Looper Moth
By Christy Solo – ONPA 1st Place Award Winner for Best Local Column This week’s crawly has a fun (and maybe familiar) name. Meet the salt-and-pepper looper moth (Syngrapha rectangular). Of course we’re all familiar with salt and pepper, but…
Cri Goes Rogue
Commentary by Christy Solo When I woke up on Christmas Eve I was looking forward to speed-running my weekly “Get mailing labels on papers, get papers to post office, then do weekly banking, shopping, etc.” gauntlet so I could get…
Wayne’s World
Commentary by Wayne Lee Hello 2026 and goodbye to 2025 and it couldn’t have come soon enough. It ended with a December I would rather not remember. It began with seven flat tires on Da Beast in the first three…
Windows in Time: Oregon’s O&C lands through the eyes of A.W. Lafferty
January 7: 12pm-1pm, Medford Library, Large Meeting Room January 14: 12pm-1pm, Ashland Library, Gresham Room In 1905, Attorney Abraham Walter Lafferty was appointed special agent for the Department of Interior’s General Land Office in Portland, and opened a law practice…
The Upper Rogue Independent is online: Fast facts and FAQs
By Christy Solo – Editor By the time you read this the Upper Rogue Independent will be online! So we thought we’d go over some basics again and answer some questions we’ve received from readers. We’ve already entered all the…
EPHS girls basketball and wrestling see some year-end victories
By Wayne Lee – Sports Editor When last we left the Lady Eagles basketball team, they were on their way to Corvallis for the Spartan Holiday Classic tournament Dec. 19-21. They opened with a game against Philomath, the second ranked…
Your ballot or other mail may not get postmarked by USPS the day it’s dropped off
By Hansi Lo Wang – NPR (NPR) Changes at the U.S. Postal Service are forcing people who rely on postmarks when voting, filing taxes or mailing legal documents to be extra careful when cutting it close to deadlines. Postmarks include…
Year-end Edition – December, 2025
By Christy Solo and Wayne Lee – Editor and Sports Editor Eagle Point December saw the annual lighting of the downtown Christmas tree that featured an additional 2,500 lights donated by Tim Wyatt of Skycrest Development that took a small…